Chinese furniture design in furniture design is a relatively large degree of difficulty, ten years down, I think many people not touch the doorway, so I want to a reference to the designer entrepreneurs more ideas.

The "Chinese style furniture" mentioned here mainly refers to the current mahogany furniture, which should be called: Contemporary Chinese traditional furniture, which is discussed in this paper: the design of contemporary Chinese traditional furniture. Of course, some of the references for the entire field of furniture design is also applicable. The word "Chinese style" is nothing more than the difference between modern furniture design and modern furniture design.

Many people believe that mahogany furniture is history, no! Our country history rarely use so hard wood furniture, why? There is no weapon, no electric tools, do really have to. History is more commonly known as the "miscellaneous" wood furniture. There was no "globalization", trade and transportation conditions can make our ancestors see so many species of wood. About the Ming Dynasty used the "pear", its density is not very high, the processing difficulty is acceptable. It is worth noting that, at this time there is no "mahogany" concept.

Chinese furniture design of the difficulty lies in the product itself is more than a commodity, baffled and cultural factors behind the existence of many designers and about "culture" is the core point. For the designer to do Chinese style furniture, placed in front of them is more than the table chairs and other types of traditional furniture standard, it is important for them to understand the cultural behind. Do not look at their own local culture, in order to truly understand, the difficulty is certainly greater than the modern furniture, the design concept of Western furniture. Our contemporary understanding of these concepts is far more than the ancient Chinese culture, which is the result of modern education.

We speak of the ancient culture is more clear and clear the two generation. In fact, the two generation of furniture is not the continuation of the cultural system is not the same. Ming is the last once han regime, is a minority majority rule nation, culture, regime demands focus. Ming furniture to produce the background is the inheritance of the song, is from the Chinese people's daily living in the living, is to the Han nationality mainly formed by the. This determines the cultural attributes of the Ming Dynasty furniture. This attribute in the same period of the Chinese culture, including literature, drama is consistent, and the same period of other industry manufacturing level.

If the Qing Dynasty furniture from the folk to see, and the Ming Dynasty is not very different, especially in the early period of the Qing dynasty. But today, many people stressed that the Qing furniture is no more than two clues: first, the court, the two is the late foreign culture.

A royal furniture, many scholars have talked about a lot of, here is not to go into details, just want to say: This is not tradition, or that the source is not. There is alienation Chinese palace furniture traditional furniture, is a change in the normal track of development. Do not take this as a tradition, the traditional Chinese culture in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, in the people in the people, but not in the power of the Royal family.

Later, the impact of foreign culture of Chinese furniture production also has a lot of problems, especially after 1840. At this time, China has been very weak, unable to properly absorb the health of nutrients, the spirit of national culture is the main aspect of erosion.

Today, there are few designers, entrepreneurs can analyze the Chinese style furniture from these angles. Chairs, tables, cabinets, boxes, and so on the whole country on some of the drawings in the enterprise to transfer to. The design is more minor changes in the end. The mahogany furniture production enterprise is about seven or eight thousand, really has a design capacity of ten one, other don't copy and where.

Two, Chinese furniture design and development of the difficulty is still in, a lot of social good designers also can not be very good understanding of the essence of culture. I see a lot of excellent designers, many of the elements of the traditional furniture symbol, that this is the traditional Chinese culture. Including some foreign master designer of Chinese traditional furniture is very superficial understanding, can not understand the essence of Chinese furniture spirit. Symbolization is the negation of the spirit, as is lazy.

Hundred years, in the process of modern Chinese in modern times, the main is to learn from the west. We have used the concept of the west to reshape our society, including values, moral values, but also including the civilization system. In other words, the Chinese traditional culture is in a weak position in the whole cultural system today. This is the result of the development of social history in modern China. For example, design, aesthetics are foreign words, in the framework of traditional Chinese culture, is a completely modern concept.

Today's Chinese traditional furniture, just standing on the intersection of the eastern and Western culture of the node. The question is: in the national revival of today, we do not have their own furniture design culture, where to revive the talk?

Confuse the designer is also a difficulty, namely modern family living with the past have very different, traditional furniture practical use is not so comfortable, because of its many times not compliance with practical principles but ethical code. Is a continuation of the demand for product development comfort, or to adhere to the original cultural symbol, which is often a dilemma. Here, designers face the choice.

Three, then, reflected in the furniture of Chinese traditional culture is what is it? I think the first is the production of culture, is the history of thousands of years of cultural heritage in the production of furniture. The second is the folk culture, is the Chinese nation in the thousands of years of history in the process of evolution of the formation, associated with living sleeping eating something. Third is the aesthetic culture, furniture, furniture contains the most traditional and most typical of the United States, the concept of this kind of beauty at present, at least by the impact of foreign culture, more reflects the local characteristics.

First talk about the production of culture. Chinese people in the artifacts produced is very characteristic of, history very early ancestors created many wonderful artifacts. And our wares manufacturing prominent in a "clever", reflects the characteristics of the ingenuity of working people in our country, has become history rather than today "made in China" a sign. Reflected in the furniture making "clever" is also very prominent. In the traditional furniture manufacturing is the structure of mortise and tenon joint ", which is the soul of Chinese traditional furniture, which use a word Qiao. A mortise and tenon joint various articles I have already said a lot, receivedata. But if you give up the tenon, it is no longer China into traditional furniture, modern furniture series. This is an important line. In addition, the traditional furniture "Puzzle" and "joint" process is also very characteristic.

Chinese traditional furniture making and China traditional buildings in the same blood relationship, which is a. Analyzing the structure of Chinese traditional architecture, including Chinese folk wood carvings, is helpful to the understanding of traditional furniture manufacturing technology. Chinese style furniture designers to develop products based on these are also.

Then talk about folk culture. Furniture is the daily necessities, dynasties and vice versa. Daily necessities are derived from daily life. A history of Chinese furniture is a history of the evolution of Chinese living customs. By sat on the floor to "Hu Chuang" entry, high seats to appear, has been to present the findings of ancient furniture the stereotypical maturation, reflect the lives of our people is very important, which are often invisible to the official history. This kind of thing is very interesting, can become the interesting point of design. Chinese traditional furniture is very strong humanistic characteristics, fully reflects the Chinese people for "artifacts" concept.

China has a vast territory, only the Han nationality in different regions have different styles and customs. Different from Fujian Guangdong, Anhui in hubei. Especially Jin, Su, Zhejiang, Shandong, Hunan and Fujian, Guangdong furniture production has its own history and characteristics. These differences are very clear, just like the different dialects of these places, but in modern times due to various reasons and fuzzy. If you put Shanxi furniture and Guangdong furniture together can see very clearly. Regional culture is the basis of folk culture, but also the design of Chinese traditional furniture and a fun point.

Finally said that the esthetic. What is the key point of Chinese aesthetics and what is the difference between foreign and foreign? This is a topic that should be talked about from our cultural background. Simply said, is the Confucian culture, Taoism culture and the influence of Buddhist culture and the formation of the aesthetic concept. For example, the "implicit beauty", which is a typical Chinese aesthetic culture. For example, for the "thin", "through", "Qu" pursuit, but also fully reflects the Chinese traditional aesthetic pursuit. Another example Yuanfang corresponding concept, "within the cylindrical side", "round top" or "Tianyuandifang", these omissions are in the furniture has to reflect the different.

It is also a special aesthetic idea of Chinese people to reflect the aesthetic feeling through the lines. In traditional furniture, the formation of the lines of the visual sense of movement is very important to the performance of the United states. Particular need to pay attention to the smooth lines of the Ming Dynasty furniture is the most attractive part of the. In addition, the "line" and "playing concave" two commonly used decorative techniques is a line of performance. These techniques make people look at a different point of view of a piece of furniture with different effects, and thus the movement of the line of sight. Exercise produces beauty, which our ancestors knew very well.

More than ten years, all the furniture design of Chinese traditional furniture design is the most difficult. Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties do again good, intact copied is not necessarily good, why? Carrying capacity of the environment changed, furniture in the proportion of the space is not the same, designer, if does not have very keen sense of spatial scale is can't grasp the. From the Ming and Qing Dynasties designed to engage in original more difficult. Why? No idea, you design no theoretical support, there is no development system, can only be altered patterns of tinkering more wiping more black go from bad to worse.

Difficult! No design culture of contemporary traditional furniture difficult!

Four, but the designer is not without room, but can say a lot of space.

One, now do furniture is in the condition of the modern industrial base, highly developed industrial processing capacity of our ancestors in the face of hard wood has not been on a step. Cutting, drying, grinding, engraving, tenon, coating technology, modern industrial processing have better way.

Second, we have the opportunity to see and use more than a lot of rare wood. This is not to say that the traffic trade in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, is the Republic of China and the reform and opening up before. If not the reform and opening up is not globalization is not WTO, we also have no conditions to see. More wood, for the prosperity of today's traditional furniture design provides the basis for the realization of.

Third, the improvement of living standards, especially the improvement of living conditions, to provide the furniture design can be fully expanded in the room, the design has a better place to play. At the same time, under the condition of the national revival, the topic of national culture will attract more people's attention. Through more people to participate in the discussion, the Chinese furniture design problems will have a more clear understanding.

Five, the way to solve. That is the prescription, this is the most difficult. The manuscript to the editorial department, you must have put forward their solutions. I know that is easy to say, the prescription is difficult. But the editor is not very good, have the right to resist.

One: the change of Chinese style furniture made of mahogany furniture, especially the concept of wealth. First of all to restore the material properties of furniture. Furniture is one of the home appliances, we are now more known as the "daily necessities"". Use, is the first attribute of furniture. I do not know when to start, buy furniture, like buying stocks, causing everyone's wealth enthusiasm. Indeed, valuable hardwood these years, a lot of value, for this concern has exceeded the value of the use of furniture to pay attention to. If the masses of Chinese traditional furniture, mahogany furniture, this wealth is not changed, the producers will continue to produce products that deviate from their own properties. Of course, we are lost in the money in this era is more than this. If the consumer only think of wealth, there is no other requirement, the producer is also difficult to improve.

Prescription two: change the mahogany furniture culture. Culture is the second attribute of furniture. Different ethnic groups in different regions in the long history of the formation of different characteristics of the living culture, furniture is a representative of the living culture. Therefore, the second point to do is to restore the cultural properties of furniture. Chinese traditional furniture represents the traditional Chinese culture, the performance of traditional Chinese beauty and traditional moral. Now do the furniture of the Ming Dynasty, the basic is the imitation of the Ming Dynasty furniture. But if you put the two together, you can clearly see the difference between them. Why? It's culture is different. As mentioned earlier, the subtle and reserved is the typical Chinese aesthetic elements, this is reflected in the furniture of Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty furniture, but in today's Chinese or mahogany furniture couldn't find it. Modern requirements of the exposure, publicity, most people think that this is "the United States", so implicitly no longer. Moreover, in the past in different areas of the living culture, reflected in different parts of the furniture have different furniture. Therefore, the Soviet Union, Beijing, Guangzhou, Guangzhou, and the Jin style, the emblem of the type and so on. Today, from the south to the north from the east to the west of the country to do the same, which has a bit of regional characteristics. No regional feature is the loss of a local cultural characteristics. If these can not return to the origin, it is still difficult to have a good design good furniture.

Prescription three: who needs to return to the past. In front of many are put forward to the environment, the following is more for the producer. Today's Chinese furniture makers are doing the ancient Chinese style furniture, but many people are ignorant of their own country's ancient culture. Ming Qing why? Why? The different shapes of the furniture produced in the era which is how evolved all know?. To do so would like drawings, things can only be Zhaomaohuahu, hollow and dull. We do this times of Chinese traditional furniture, most of them are lack of the spirit of God, there is no soul "charm". Therefore, the producer must be from the spirit of return to the past, re picked up the ancestor reverence for creation, respect for the production. Such as carving thing, past a wood carving, at least three years. The use of the art of carving is very cautious, but also very elegant. All today can see the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the two generation of furniture carving works, art level is very high. Modern electric tools and engraving machine, flooding in the furniture meet the eye everywhere carvings crudely made, not fit to be seen. What is more, a piece of furniture from scratch to the foot, no one can start, where the "thing" respect?

Prescription four: a little more innovative spirit. Mentioned in front of a lot of traditional furniture manufacturing enterprise R & D capability is insufficient, is the current big problem. More enterprises not to mention design research and development, mainly rely on is so few drawings, according to do the selling, culture where about? So the four prescription is the mahogany furniture production enterprises to increase investment in research and innovation.